Ukraine's Strongest Man Explained

Ukraine's Strongest Man
Location:Ukrain
Establishment:2000?
Format:Multi-event competition
Current Champion: Oleksandr Kochergin

Ukraine's Strongest Man (Найсильніша людина України) is an annual strongman competition held in Ukraine, featuring exclusively Ukrainian athletes to determine the Strongest Ukrainian of the year.

Vasyl Virastyuk holds the record for most wins, winning the title 7 times. Oleksandr Lashyn has won the title 6 times and Oleksii Novikov 4 times.

Three of the competition winners have proceeded to become World's Strongest Man (2004, 2020) and Europe's Strongest Man (2022, 2023) champions.

Top 3 placings

YearChampionRunner-Up3rd Place
2000 ??
2001 ??
2002 ??
2003 ??
2004 Vasyl Virastyuk??
2005 ??
2006 ??
2007 Viktor YurchenkoVolodymyr Muravlov
2008 Kostiantyn IlinSerhiy Konyushok
2009 Oleksandr LashynSerhiy Konyushok
2010Oleksandr LashynSerhiy KonyushokVitaliy Mikheyev
2011 Oleksandr LashynViktor YurchenkoOleksandr Pekanov
2012Oleksandr LashynVitaliy MikheyevBoris Kurbatskiy
2013 Oleksandr LashynVolodymyr RekshaVitaliy Mikheyev
2014 Kostiantyn IlinSergii RomanchukAnton Dubrovskiy
2015 Oleksandr LashynRafal Kobylarz ()Volodymyr Reksha
2016 Oleksii NovikovOleksandr LashynVitaly Gerasimov
2017 Oleksii NovikovOleksandr KocherginPavlo Gaysha
2018 Oleksii NovikovPavlo KordiyakaAndriy Burshtyn
2019 Oleksii NovikovPavlo KordiyakaOleksandr Kochergin
2020 Pavlo KordiyakaOleksii NovikovOleksandr Kochergin
2021Oleksandr KocherginDenis BerezhnykRoman Grekov

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